businesspundit.com — If the Internet could speak with one voice, it would probably groan “oh, not again!” That’s because every raving success story about Internet startups is tempered by dozens more that crashed and burned in a sea of wasted money, bad ideas, or unfulfilled hype. As venture capitalist Paul Graham writes, most of these failures are never written about.
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isurftoomuchJul 28, 2008
Does anyone remember FreeWay? They offered free long distance calling if you listened to ads first. And then there was Dialpad, which offered VoIP calls from a Web applet.I like to think that some friends and I were the reason these services failed, as much as we used them. :)
lyghtJul 28, 2008
FTA: "Go even managed to partner with big-name content providers like ESPN and ABCNews.""Even managed"? I can't imagine that it'd have been difficult for Go.com to partner with ESPN and ABC, considering they're all owned by the Walt Disney Company.
darkshroudJul 28, 2008
@5urr3al5am Because they're dumb enough to take without anyway to pay it back.
novemberdream07Jul 28, 2008
get the burger, get the burger, cause pets can't drive.
ansatsu29Jul 29, 2008
Friendster - user- friendliness is a yes. And check their numbers: over 70 million profiles.
beachhousechrisJul 29, 2008
Ive always used my CC on amazon, took 20 seconds then, takes 10 sec now. Also, if a charge mistake was ever made, not that it has, I can clear it up through my bank which has the upper hand over sites like amazon. unlike, beenz
Closed AccountJul 29, 2008
Buried because it's mostly 7 year old news?
abynion08Jul 29, 2008
Gosh, i remember the day i asked my friend in middle school (grad now) where he got he music that he listened to on his CD player and he was like "go to KaZaa.com, it's so awesome man."Those were the days......